S.Amdt. 4685

SA 4685. Ms. HIRONO submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
her to the bill S. 1383, to establish the Veterans Advisory Committee
on Equal Access, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on
the table; as follows:

At the appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. __. MAINTENANCE OF GRANTS AND REVERSAL OF GRANT
TERMINATIONS FOR LOW-COST, CLEAN ENERGY.

(a) In General.--Beginning on the date of enactment of this
Act and notwithstanding section 200.340(a)(4) of title 2,
Code of Federal Regulations, the Secretary of Energy, the
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, and the
Secretary of Transportation may not terminate, in whole or in
part, a Federal award relating to clean energy technology (as
defined in section 10701 of the Research and Development,
Competition, and Innovation Act (42 U.S.C. 19291)), require a
renegotiation or rescoping of such Federal award, or decide
not to fund a future budget period of such Federal award on
the basis that such Federal award no longer effectuates the
applicable program goals or agency priorities.
(b) Reinstatement.--Any Federal award described in
subsection (a) that was terminated, renegotiated, rescoped,
or not progressed to future budget periods by the Secretary
of Energy, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection
Agency, or the Secretary of Transportation after January 19,
2025, for no longer effectuating the program goals or agency
priorities, including pursuant to section 200.340(a)(4) of
title 2, Code of Federal Regulations, shall be reinstated by
such agency or entity under its previous terms and
conditions.
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